Kness opens largest plant for solar panel production

VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — The Ukrainian city famous for having the largest multimedia performance fountain in Europe now had something else to boast about.

Vinnytsia, a city of 370,800 people located 260 kilometers southwest of Kyiv, on Feb. 5 celebrated the opening by local energy company Kness of the biggest solar panel production plant in Ukraine. Kness invested 5 million euros into the 6,600-square-meter factory, which was built on the site of an abandoned car maintenance base.